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Tractor

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCore term

In agriculture, tractor means: A powerful farm vehicle with large rear wheels, used to pull or drive machines such as plows, seed drills, sprayers and trailers.

In Turkish: traktör

How it is used

Farmers describe tractors by horsepower (hp), number of driven wheels (two-wheel or four-wheel drive) and brand. Implements are mounted on or hitched to the tractor and driven by its power take-off.

Example sentences

  1. We need a 100-horsepower tractor to pull the new five-furrow plow.

  2. The tractor was fitted with GPS auto-steering last year.

Common collocations

  • drive a tractor
  • four-wheel-drive tractor
  • tractor driver
  • tractor-mounted
  • orchard tractor
  • implementA piece of farm equipment, such as a plow, harrow, seed drill or mower, that is attached to and pulled or powered by a tractor.
  • power take-offA rotating shaft, usually at the back of a tractor, that transfers engine power to drive implements such as balers, mowers and sprayers.
  • plowA farm implement pulled by a tractor that cuts and turns over the top layer of soil to bury residues and weeds and prepare land for sowing.
  • combine harvesterA large self-propelled machine that cuts a grain crop, separates the grain from the straw and chaff, and collects the clean grain in a tank.
  • precision agricultureFarming that uses GPS, sensors, satellite images and data to manage each part of a field according to its needs, applying inputs only where they are required.

More terms: Farm Machinery

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